Castle: Never Judge a Book by its Cover

Is a very interesting HOG game genre. There are a few hard puzzle, but in general is enjoyable. Enjoy!

It's practically murder to have this game unlisted from the Steam store, and with mixed reviews no less. With HOGs, you kind of... get used to the fact that they're not that great. They're usually a mediocre time-waster. It's usually a guilty pleasure to like these kind of games. But some fall into that rare Actually Good category, but they're so rare that it's a special treat to play an Actually Good HOG. (I say this owning over 200 HOGs.) Castle: Never Judge a Book by Its Cover is one of those rare Actually Good hidden object games. While playing I could see there were some ties to the show (but have never watched). The puzzles are genuinely challenging at times, but the hint/skip system is robust. The story is quite good for the genre, and I am left both satisfied and wanting more. Both the characters and the game. I'm actually going to go see what platform the show is streamed on, I loved it that much. This game is a must for anyone that enjoys HOGs. I'm confident the writing is fairly limited by comparison to what I imagine the show will have. For show fans that don't play these kinds of games, I think that this will likely feel a bit clunky and not-a-real-game to you. But if you're die-hard fan, I think you might still have some fun.

Enjoyable, relaxing puzzle mystery

A solid 4/10. look hidden object games already have a ludo narrative problem. Mixing them with tv show character just makes it so... jarring... like I have to search through this man's garbage to find... I donno a screw driver. I'm in the police force gosh darn it! Couldn't I just get one from somewhere else? I don't know... the story was being dragged by the nose, the puzzles were very hit and miss, mostly miss for me, and the hidden object was very poorly designed... I wouldn't play it unless you are trying to have a "bad game, fun date" experience.

Keep in mind that I have never watched the TV show. One of the better HOGs, just solid in every aspect. Think like a CSI game but instead of 5 individual cases or so it's just one big case. Problem with this is that it was too thinned out near the end so you figure out who did it. There's still one nice plot twist though. I found the story compelling and I love these types of games. I just wish there was some voice acting. I liked that the locations are fewer and more important/complex, so you don't feel you have to go through 30 different areas to get to something or use the map constantly like the Artifax Mundi games. The adventure flows seamlessly and everything makes sense. I welcomed the easier HO scenes after another game where they were the total opposite. Something that I've never seen before is that you can view the silhouette of what the items look like specifically for those that can be confused for another object. Puzzles were fun and doable. Liked the extra gameplay elements like doing the lab work and the way you interrogate the suspects. Nice way to spend an evening.

A decent enough murder mystery HOG. I ran into a couple of bugs where when I had to prepare the puzzle first before solving it (e.g. find a lightbulb, find playing cards etc) I had to leave the puzzle before being allowed to solve it. I've seen reviews mention the thing where you have run across the city to get items that you could easily have bought in a close by shop, and yeah. That was annoying. [spoiler]Having to put a macbook CPU in a regular tower computer upset me to no end![/spoiler] In the end, it's an ok game. I guess I should watch Castle too. One of these days.

fun, simple... Castle fans only

Nice detective point and click game based on the TV series.

Decent game. I skipped one puzzle, which I rarely do, so it has to really suck for me to do that. The storyline was pretty easy and straightforward. the puzzles were hit or miss. story was ok, but a lot of characters, so it got confusing. I've never watched the show and I enjoyed the game just fine. I completed it in one sitting.

I enjoyed this story. It's pretty similar in formula to an actual episode of Castle, with a couple of fun twists and turns. Some of the puzzles were a little rough around the edges, and a few were fairly difficult to figure out (the ball maze?), but on the whole, this was a great point-and-click mystery adventure.